Magnetic lifting device



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" A. D. WOOD MAGNETIC LIFTING DEVICE Filed Aug. 9, 1920 INVENTOR Patented June 2, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALAN D. WOOD, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OI ONE-THIRD TO HARRY A. LEWIS, F NOR-RISTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

MAGNETIC LIFTTNG DEVICE.

Application filed August 9, 1920; Serial Nb. 402,286.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, ALAN D. Woon, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Philadelphia, in the countyof Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Magnetic Lifting Devices; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to magnetic lifting devices.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and efiicient device for lifting articles made of iron or steel such, for instance, as safety razor blades which are often inconvenient to handle by hand, in the cleaning or inserting of same, and which may result in the accidental cutting of the hand or finger.

To these ends my invention comprises the novel features hereinafter set forth and claimed. 1

In the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved lifting device' Fi .2 is a lan view- Fi 3 is a lon-' gitudinal sectional view showing the mag net in contact with the article, and the device in position to be lowered on to the same, and

Fig. 4 is a like View showing in dotted lines the device in position for lifting and in full lines the manner in which the magnet is released from the article. 7

In the drawing'the numeralv 2 designates a suitable holder for the magnet 3 This holder may be formed of brass or any other suitable material, and has the upper projecting side portions 4' which provide means for handling the device, the said side portions being held between the thumb and first finger. The bottom 5 of the holder-2 haslthe opening 6 formed therein through which the bolt 7 passes which secures the magnet 3 to said holder. The washer-plate 8 l8? interposed between the head 9 of the bolt and said magnet 3, and the nut 10, when screwed up,

holds the magnet securely. in position on the holder.

The magnet 3 ma be of the ordinary horse-shoe type, and the holder 2 is provided with the upwardly extending lug 11 which crum by means of which to release the magnet from the article to be lifted which, in the case illustrated, is a safety razor blade When it is desired to lift the razor blade 13 the poles of the magnet 3 are brought into contact with the razor blade at a vpoint adjacent to the middle of said blade whereupon the holder is lowered and the fulcrum lugs 12 are brought into contact with the blade as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 4. The blade may be lifted or, in the case of cleaning, may be rubbed over the cloth or cleaning surface and, when one side is cleaned, the magnet is freed from the blade by tilting the holder backward resting on the fulcrum lugs 12. In this manner the poles of the magnet are released from the. blade and the blade is freed from the attraction of the magnet. The blade may then be turned without the hand touching it, and the mag net applied as before so that the opposite side of the blade may be rubbed over the cleaning material. Furthermore the blade when held by the holder may be lifted and deposited Where desired into the case for holding the same, or may be adjusted in position in the blade holder, and when necessary the openings in the blade brought into register with the studs of the blade-support. By my invention I provide a very simple, eflicient and inexpensive device for handling razor blades or any other metallic article with provision for releasing the blade from the magnet without touching the blade with the hand, thereby obviating the necessity of bringing the fingers into contact with the blade and avoiding liability of injury to the fingers by cutting in the handling of the blade.

What I claim is:

1. In a device 'of the character described the combination of a holder comprising u'p- Wardly extending side portions, a downwardly extending fulcrum lug, an exposed magnet and means for securing said magnet to said holder.

2. Ina device of the character described, the combination of a holder comprising upwardly extending side portions and a down- In testimony whereof, I, the said ALAN D. W001), have hereunto set my hand.

wardly extending fulcrum lug, a magnet, an ALAN WOOD 5 upwardly extending lug between the poles of Witnesses:

said magnet, and means for securing said FRANK H. SWEENEY,

magnet to said holder. JAMES P. Hum. 

